From the Sun

Auroras, Magnetic Storms, Solar Flares, Cosmic Rays

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series.From the Sundemystifies auroras, magnetic storms, solar flares, cosmic rays and other displays of Sun-Earth interactions. The authors, all well-known figures in space science, explain how solar eruptions affect human technology and society in articles intended for the nonspecialist and adapted from Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. One of the most appealing features is a comprehensive glossary of the terminology necessary to read almost any volume on Sun-Earth connections.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1998-01-01
Mått153 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt263 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpecial Publications
Antal sidor172
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780875902920

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Steven T. Suess is a physicists with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and sn adjunct professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He has studied the Sun and its influence on the solar system for almost his entire career.Bruce T. Tsurutani is a space plasma physicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. His research covers studies of the Sun, interplanetary spacem and planetary magnetospheres, including plasma instabilities, wave-particle interactions, nonlinear waves, and aurora.

PrefaceSteven T. Suess and Bruce T. Tsurutani vAuroraSyun-Ichi Akasofu 1The Earth's MagnetosphereS. W. H. Cowley 13Radiation BeltsJames A. Van Allen 23Plasma Waves and InstabilitiesS. Peter Gary 29The Ionosphere and Upper AtmosphereA. D. Richmond 35Red Sprites and Blue Jets: Transient Electrical Effects of Thunderstorms on the Middle and Upper AtmospheresD. D. Sentman and E. M. Wescott 45Magnetic StormsBruce T. Tsurutani and Walter D. Gonzalez 57The Human Impact of Solar Flares and Magnetic StormsJo Ann Joselyn 67The Solar WindB. E. Goldstein 73Solar FlaresDavid Rust 81Solar Flare ParticlesR. P. Lin 91Solar Irradiance Variations and ClimatePeter Foukal 103The Solar DynamoDavid H. Hathaway 113Cosmic RaysJ. R. Jokipii 123Anomalous Cosmic Rays: Interstellar Interlopers in the Heliosphere and MagnetosphereR. A. Mewaldt, A. C. Cummings, and E . C. Stone 133The Outer HeliosphereW. I. Axford and Steven T. Suess 143Glossary 153